“…Annotation Globally, the risk associated with living in the coastal zone is substantial and rising due to large and growing populations, commerce and infrastructure; relative sea level rise; and the impacts of a warming climate on storm characteristics. …”

“…Remembered Rapture offers a fresh and lively discussion of living with words…”
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“…"Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. …”

“…Among the issues covered are public access to information archives past and present; local and global networks of communication as sources of personal identities and imagined communities; the ongoing reconfiguration of the press as a fourth branch of governance; and privacy as a precondition for individuals and collectives to live their lives according to plans, and to make their own histories. …”

“…This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe.Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain enables today's generations to understand what it was like for those living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, particularly the period from 1961 to 1989, the era during which these people-East Germans in particular-lived in the imposing shadow of the Berlin Wall.An introductory chapter discusses the Russian Revolution, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the Socialist state, clarifying the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall. …”

“…In what ways do patterns of working, as well as work technologies, shape people's lives within and outside work, in particular their life opportunities and their social and natural environment? …”

“…Graubart paints insightful portraits of residents' everyday lives to underscore the discriminatory barriers as well as the occupational structures, social hierarchies, and networks in which they flourished. …”

“…Exit and Voice combines surveys and lively details from original fieldwork to explore this paradox and identify the fragile pillars sustaining efforts to live in two worlds.” …”

“…Topics include: IT Certification, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, Home and Office Technologies, Business and Management, and more. View all LiveLessons on InformIT at: http://www.informit.com/livelessons …”

“…Recommended follow-up: Read Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (book) Read Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (book) Read Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (book) Read Fundamentals of Software Architecture (book) Take Software Architecture by Example (live online training course with Mark Richards and Neal Ford) Take Comparing Software Architectures (live online training course with Mark Richards and Neal Ford)…”

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“…Recommended follow-up: Read Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (book) Read Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit (book) Read Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (book) Read Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point (book) Take Software Architecture by Example (live online course with Neal Ford and Mark Richards) Watch Software Architecture Superstream: Software Architecture Trade-Offs (live event on January 18)…”

“…Lewis, Jacobs digs into the nuts and bolts of the cognitive process, offering hope that each of us can reclaim our mental lives from the impediments that plague us all. Because if we can learn to think together, maybe we can learn to live together, too. -- Sobrecubierta…”

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“…El programa HELIOS: Handicapped people in de European Community Living Independently in an Open Society (Acción Comunitaria para Personas Minusválidad), es el único programa comunitario dedicado en exclusiva a las personas minusválidas, pero actúa en colaboración con otras iniciativas de la Comunidad Europea, tales como HORIZON y TIDE…”

“…It comprehensively studies the Chinese Catholic Church on various levels, including an analysis of Sino-Vatican relations, the control over the Catholic Church by the Beijing government, the supervision of local Church activities, and the consecration of government-approved bishops, the formation of priests, and the everyday lives of Chinese Catholics…”
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“…Key Concepts in Sociology provides a comprehensive, lively and clearly-written guide to the most important concepts in the subject. …”
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“…Pakistan is already one of the most urbanized nations in South Asia, and a majority of its population is projected to be living in cities within three decades. This demographic shift is likely to have a significant impact on Pakistan's politics and stability. …”

“…By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of aging—and its effects on human lives—Achenbaum's work offers valuable insights for historians, sociologists, gerontologists, and others interested in the "graying" of America…”

“…"Journal of Children and Media is an interdisciplinary and multi-method peer-reviewed publication that provides a space for discussion by scholars and professionals from around the world and across theoretical and empirical traditions who are engaged in the study of media in the lives of children ... especially in three complementary realms: Children as consumers of media, representations of children in the media, and media organizations and productions for children as well as by them."…”